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THEY were standing before a per
fumery shop In r.ond street as I
passed themtwo young ladles
of manifestly good society, so refined
was their appearance and so perfectly
correct their tenure. I could not help
half turning, and who should they be
but that archtease of a cousin of mine,
Sybil Vane, and her bosom friend,
Gwen O'llnra. It was Sybil that had
spoken, and she said:
"Fancy that little fool throwing her
self away on a man like that when she
knows he only wants her for her
money."
"What little fool and what man?" I
asked, as I raised my hat by way of
apology for the intrusion.
"Oh, you men! You never know any
thing," said Sibyl, when she had recov
ered fiuiii lliu feliork my question had
evidently occasioned.
"Then tell me," I rejoined. "You nev
er have any secrets from me, you know
at least, not for long."
"Why, Honor Beaumont and Capt.
Faulkiner, to be sure."
"Are they engaged to be married?"
"Of course they are, and he hasn't a
penny, while she has a mil 1 Ion."
"Well, he's a very handsome fellow,
and she Is passable."
"They say he cheated at cards, that
he's In everybody's debt, and Is nothing
slnrt of a mere adventurer. And yet
Honor Beaumont has accepted him! I
Bay it's really too bad of her."
I had known Faulkiner for some
years, and I am bound to say I had
very little to urge in his defense. He
had never been actually caught In any
nefarious proceeding, but it was known
that he had run through most of his
friends, and that he was wonderfully
lucky at faro, and that he was anxious
ly looking for an heiress.
The wedding took place, and about
four months afterward Captain and
Mrs. Faulkiner were back in town, ap
parently the happiest people to be
found in nil Heljrravla.
As for Faulkiner, he seemed com
pletely changed. There was a manli
ness about him that one never noticed
before; his eyes wore a frank expres
sion that was truly refreshing to see.
lie was clearly devoted to his wife, and
they seemed to perfectly understand
and trust each other. What could It
mean?
Gradually I got to really like Faulki
ner. He made a splendid host, was a
pattern of the domestic virtues, and Im
pressed one as being the soul of honor.
Our acquaintance linally ripened Into
a close friendship, and the Intimacy de
veloped until at length I found myself
how I know not on terms of real
confidence with the man whom, only a
few months before, I had been Inclined
to look upon very much In the light in
which he was regarded by my cousin
Sybil.
One evening he expounded the mys
tery. "Shall I tell you the story of our
courtship. Jack?" ho asked.
"As you will, my dear fellow," I re
plied, "If It isn't too sacred a subject
for a third party."
"That's Just It It Is a sacred subject,
as you will see."
He lit his cigar and proceeded:
"All that the world thought and said
of me before I was married was true,
and more than true. I was a 'regular
what little FOOL and what man?'
I ASKED.
bad lot.' And It Is true also that In pro
posing to Miss Beaumont I was actu
ated by the most mercenary motives,
and those alone.
"All that I wanted was her money
her money, Jack do you hear me? The
world said so, and the world was per
foitly right. 1 had plans as to what I
would do with It. My chief anxiety
was to prevent her getting any Inkling
of the truth, nnd so I never ceased to
lar.ee constant attendance on her, nnd
especially to withdraw her as far as
possible from her lady friends. All went
veil until one evening nt the Vllllcrs'
Lull she took me to one side, saying:
wis
illiii.
" 'Fritz' she always called me Fritz
rather than Frank 'I want to speak to
you.'
" 'What Is It, darling?'
" 'You are not to call me darling any
more till this matter Is cleared up.'
" 'What matter, dear?'
"'Just this: People are saying that
you are marrying me merely for my
money. Is that so?'
" 'Of course not. I love you for your
self '
" 'Stop, stop! I am going to put you
to the proof. You know my solicitors
Messrs. Hopkins & Dicey, In Lincoln's
Inn?'
" 'Yes.'
" 'Well, meet me there to-morrow at
noon, sharp. And now, good-night.'
"In a moment she was gone. I passed
a sleepless night, and with great diffi-
"ICLASI-ED HER IX MY ARMS AND WE
WEPT TOOETIIEIl."
culty nerved myself in the morning to
keep the mysterious appointment.
"Old Dicey I call him that because
he Is now one of my dearest friends
received me coldly.
" 'I have been favored, Capt. Faulki
ner,' he said, 'with some very extraor
dinary Instructions from my client
your fiancee Miss Beaumont. I must
entirely disclaim all responsibility in
the matter. I have simply given effect
to Miss Beaumont's wishes, and the
final Issue of them must rest entirely
with yourself. If you please, we will
go to the adjoining room, where Miss
Beaumont awaits us.'
"We found her seated near a window.
She did not rise, but simply lwwed, and
I saw. thai her face was pale, and that
It wore an expression of apparent en
forced calm.
"'Fritz, I told you last night that
people are saying that you are marry
ing me merely for my money. It mat
ters little to me now whether they
speak the truth or not. If they do, then,
whether or not you become my hus
band, Is the light gone out of my life
Indeed. You know, Fritz, how I love
you! If you can have done this cruel
thing nothing can undo It now. If you
have designed to beggar me, under the
pretext of affection, husband or no hus
band, fortune or no fortune, can make
no difference to me. But It shall never
be said that you actunlly did marry me
for my money, and so, Fritz, I have
asked Mr. Dicey to draw up a deed
which which ' And here the poor
darling broke down completely and
could say no more.
"The deed, Capt Faulkiner,' said
Mr. Dicey, with frigid solemnity, Ms an
uncommon one; I know, Indeed, of no
precedent. But It relates that, In con
sideration of Capt. Francis Arthur
Faulkiner, of the Second Life Guards,
releasing Miss Honor Beaumont, of
Hurtslleld House, Hertsfordshlrc, from
her engagement to marry him, the said
Miss Honor Beaumont herewith makes
over to the said Capt. Francis Arthur
Faulkiner all her real and personal
property, ns scheduled herewith, save
and except the residence known as The
Grove, Isleworth, lu the county of Mid
dlesex, and as much of her Midland
Hallway debenture stock ns will suf
fice to provide an annuity of $1,G00 a
year.'
"I turned half mechanically to Hon
or. She was still calm and pale, but her
eyes were brimful of tears.
" 'It Is Impossible!' I exclaimed. And
Just at that moment something seemed
to struggle within me, for out of the
depths of my sinful heart there came
welllug the tiny, feeble remnant of the
little good It ever held.
"I felt ns If I could give not only love
but life to that noble woman who had
proposed to herself this mad, this fear
ful sacrluco In order to put to proof the
sincerity of the man she loved. Disre
garding the presence of the man of law,
I clasped her In my arms, and we yes,
Jack, we wept together.
"I treasure now that sacred parch
ment which awakened to new life the
little good that was left In me which
aroused the deadened sense of unselfish
love and gave me riches greater far
than my villainy had ever dreamed of.
Do you wonder, Jack, that I am a
changed man?"
And that was the sequel of the con
versation In Bond street
An Inch from Death.
A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press relates a peculiar experience
which happened to a friend of his dur
ing a stay In Burma.
We were sitting on the veranda of
our bungalow one evening, enjoying
our after-dinner cheroot. Finally my,
friend arose and sauntered Into his
bedroom.
Usually lights were placed In all the t
bedrooms, but this evening, for some
reason probably the moonlight the
servant had not performed his duties.1
I could hear my friend fumbling about
on his dressing-table, and then sudden-'
ly he gave a cry of horror and rushed
out to the light.
"I have been struck by a snake," he
gasped, and his face was deadly pale. I
"Where Is It? Quick! Show me!" I
exclaimed, as I whipped out a knife.
He held out his right arm. There
was no mark on the hand, which I ex-i
amlned critically, but on the cuff of the
shirt were two tiny scratch-like punc
tures, and two little globules of poison
sinking Into the starched linen and
leaving a sickly, greenish-yellow mark.
"You've had a close call, old man," I
exclaimed, with a sigh of relief; "and
now let us settle the snake."
We found him coiled up on a small
mirror, which lay on the table, and an
ugly-looklng reptile he was, too, ready
to strike again.
He was a very poisonous snake,
known as the Deboae Itusselll, but
after my friend had done with him It
would have been difficult for any natur
alist to ha)3 placed him In his proper
genus.
A Delightful Picture.
A homelike picture of Mrs. Washing
ton and her favorite granddaughter la
given by Mrs. James Gibson, who fre
quently visited her when, as the Presi
dent's wife, she resided In Philadelphia,
then the capital of the United States.
Mrs. Gibson's language Is quoted by
Miss Wharton In her "Martha Wash
ington." Mrs. Washington was in the habit of
retiring at an early hour to her own
room, unless detained by company, and
there, no matter what the hour, Nellie
(Miss Custis) attended her.
One evening my father's carriage be
ing late In coming for me, my dear
young friend Invited me to accompany
her to grandmamma's room. There,
after some little chat, Mrs. Washington
apologized to me for pursuing her usual
preparations for the night, and Nellie
entered upon her accustomed duty by
reading a chapter and a psalm from the
old family Bible, after which all pres
ent knelt In evening prayer.
Mrs. Washington's faithful maid
then assisted her to disrobe and lay her
head upon the pillow; Nellie then sang
a vers. of some sweetly soothing hymn,
and then leaning down, received, the
parting blessing for the night, with
some emphatic remarks on her duties,
improvements, etc. The effect of these
Judicious habits and teachings ap
peared in the granddaughter's charac
ter through life.
Oklahoma.
A sensational case with a funny side
Is reported from El Reno. A couple ar
rived at the principal hotel and regis
tered themselves as man and wife. In
fact, they were elopers, one having run
away from a wife and the other a hus
band. In the course of a week the in
jured hflsband and tho Injured wife
arrived from Kentucky and caused the
arrest of the pair. The deserted man
and woman had never seen each other
before, but while waiting for requisi
tion papers from Kentucky they stop
ped at the same hotel, and formed an
acquaintance. Having a common grief,
they became interested In each other,
and on the day the requisition papers
were to arrive they astonished the offi
cers by eloping on their own account,
going to Texas, where they are now
supposed to be. The first pair of elop
ers were released from Jail, and the
Kentucky officer returned home, after
Informing the local paper that he
"hoped a rattlesnake would bite him
If he ever traveled a thousand miles
again to help a couple of men trnde
wives." Kansas City Journal.
Unreasonable.
It Is part of a doctor's duty to keep
up the spirits of his patient, since hope
fulness Is often the best of medicine,
but the Cincinnati Enquirer cites a case
In which encouragement was carried
almost too far.
A man met with a frightful accident,
ns a result of which both hLs legs had
to bo amputated.
"Never mind," said the surgeon, a
few days afterward, finding the poor
man despondent; "never mind, we shall
hnve you on your feet again within
three weeks."
The good points of a great many pco
pie seem to Lavs been broken off.
HARCOURT'S RESIGNATION.
Came as a Surprise to England and
Demoralized the Liberals.
The resignation of Sir William Ver
non Hareourt as official leader of the
Liberal party In the House of Com
mons came as a surprise to all Eng
land and threw the Liberal ranks Into
a state of disorder.
When, In December, 1SC8, Mr. Glad
stone came into power as the chief of
the administration, William Vernon
Hareourt took his seat in Parliament
as representative of the city of Oxford.
It was not long before he gave the
House of Commons a taste of his qual
ity. His maiden speech was In oppo
sition to the proposition to abrogate the
statute of Queen Anne, which requires
that ministers of the crown when they
take office should vacate their seats
and offer themselves for re-election.
This speech, with Its ponderous learn
ing and brilliant wit, made his name.
In 1SS0, when the Gladstone govern
ment was formed, Sir William became
home secretary. At this time It fell to
him to pilot the Irish crimes act
through the House of Commons against
the fierce opposition of Mr. Parnell and
the Irish members, a task which he
accomplished with brilliancy.
He resumed the place of chancellor
of the exchequer In 1802, the same post
he had held during the previous Glad
stone administration. When Glad
stone retired It was supposed that Sir
William would succeed him. The man-
SIR WILLIAM VERNON HARCOURT.
tie of authority, however, fell on Lord
Boseberry, Sir William remaining the
leader in the House of Commons. The
resignation of Mr. Hareourt dors not
mean his retirement from public life.
He will still retain his scat In the Com
mons. "What Is your occupation?" the law
yer asked a boy on the witness stand.
"I work on my father's farm," the
witness replied.
"You don't do much but sit around,
do you?"
"Well, I help my father."
"But you're worthless, aren't you?"
was the attorney's decisive question.
"I don't know whether I am or not,"
retorted the witness warmly.
Then the attorney took another tack.
"Your father's a worthless man, Isn't
he?"
"Well, he works about tho farm."
The attorney here fastened an eye
which gleamed with triumph on the
Jury and nailed the boy with a glance
from the other and said: "Isn't It true
that your father doesn't do enough
work to prevent his becoming called
worthless?"
The boy had chafed under these un
pleasant questions, relates the Balti
more News, and summoning up cour
age, he said loudly: "If you want to
know so bad whether my father's
worthless, ask him; there he is, on the
Jury."
Village Lawyer (from Skedunk)
You think I' must have lots of Idle
time? By George, I can beat any man
In forty mile of my town playing
checkers!
Village Lawyer (from Splketown) I
can't play checkers, but I can lean
back lu a chair nnd balance it on its
hind legs for fifteen minutes by the
watch, and there ain't another man In
my congressional district who can do
that Detroit Free Tress.
Nuts for Rating.
Nuts are much employed In high-class
cookery, but their value seems not to bo
recognized by tho majority of country
housewives, too many of whom let tho
squirrels get them all. Very delicious
dishes nre made of chestnuts. Any
nut mnkes a cake more delicious. Nuts
chopped and sprinkled over puddings,
hot or cold, give a new flavor and great
ly Improve them, while mixed through
custard they make a surprising change
lu this simple dish. Stewed apples
sprinkled with chopped nuts nnd the
core space filled with Jam make a good
desert, which need be of no cost except
for the labor used, nnd this Is of only
nominal value.-rhlladelphia Inquirer.
Jollydog-"Our American heiresses
nppear to have tho same trouble ns our
candidates for office." Pollywog
"What's that?" Joll.vdog-"They find
It very hard to get a square count "
Town Topics.
Saved nil Tim..
"I've come to see vour husband i
the interest of the Knights of LaL
Mrs. Reagan," said a bland, elderl
man, as the mistress of the Jl
household answered his ring.
'"He ain't to home," said Mrs RM
gan, with arms akimbo, "but I '
promise you one thing 60rr, and tlit
is, you'll get niver a night ' labor 0u
av lim Reagan, and it's no use trvin'i
Sure and he'd knock off work in th
daytime, if it wasn't for mo keenin'
at him till I'm that wore out them's L
strength lift in mel" Youth's Com
pauioti.
Venice Will lie Drained.
Venice without its waters would ba
a far less picturesque place than it ac
tually is, says the London Chronicle'
And suoh a state of affairs, we are led
.to believe, may eventually come about
The regular increase in the delta of the
Po has been studied by Prof. Marinel.
li. Comparison of. the Austrian man
of about 1823 with the records of eur.
veys made in 1893 shows that tho mean
annual increase during those yeara has
been about three-tenths of a square
mile; and from nil known data it an.
pears that the total increase during eij
centuries has been about 198 square
miles. The inceaRe is continuing and
the Gulf of Venice is doomed in time
to disappear. No immediate alarm
need, however, be excited, for Prof.
Marinelli calculates that between 100
and 120 centuries will elapse before the
er;i!r;, . ..., -unmio wu hnve be
come dry land.
Effect of Coffee Drinking on Eves.
Snaitkin. according to the Medical
Review, says that the Moors are invet
erate coffee drinkeis, especially the
merchants, who sit at their bazars
and drink continually during tho day.
It has been noticed that almost invar
iably when these coffee drinkers reach
the age of 40 or 45 their eyesight be
gins to fail them, and by the time they
get to be 50 yeaia old they become
blind. One is forcibly impressed by
the number of blind men seen about
the streets of Fez, the capital of Mo
rocco. It is invariably attributed to
the execs8ive use of coffee. N. Y.
Medical Times.
A Model. Town,
A Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexi
co, correspondent of the New York
World thus describes the model town
in which he lives: "Ours is a town of
about 1.000 inhabitants. Eleven years
have passed since the first tent was
pitched by the first settler. Now we
have hundreds of dwellings owned by
the dwellers no millionaires, no teg
gars. We are in a chamber of the
mountains 5,000 feet high. Fifteen
miles of hills and hollows part ua from
the nearest railioad station. We have
no saloons, no gamlbing, no smoking,
no profanity, no round dancing at our
socials. We have one police officer.
Nearly every man owns a gun. Our
academy building has 5,000 square feet
of floors and 250 students. If you can
beat this, please put in waste basket."
Mrs. James Brown Potter has sooted
a great success in "The Three Muske
teers" in London.
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